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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news.sgi.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-3.sprint link.net!news.sover.net!news.monad.net!usenet From: James Gray <fierce@top.monad.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FTP Install: Locked at dial: Help? Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 20:39:06 -0400 Organization: Operation:EveryShow Lines: 45 Message-ID: <3224E6AA.656E@top.monad.net> References: <321BC73F.1978@top.monad.net> <Pine.SUN.3.93-heb-2.07.960828005010.23353B-100000@actcom.co.il> Reply-To: fierce@top.monad.net NNTP-Posting-Host: fierce.top.monad.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5aGold (Win95; I) To: Alexander Indenbaum <baum@actcom.co.il> That's the logical conclusion, I know, and I tried switching ports (even physically) with no success. It just doesn't seem to be initializing properly. I've got a USR Sportster PnP in a Dell Pentium system. I've never encountered a problem with the Sportster in the 6 mos. of its use. Is there anything else I can do? Different driver system? Anything? James Alexander Indenbaum wrote: > > Hi! > It is looks to me that you modem is connected > to another serial port than you are telling to > sysinstall. > > Alexander Indenbaum > baum@actcom.co.il > > On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, James Gray wrote: > > > - > > > > Hi. Believe me when I tell you I've sought every other source for an > > answer before turning to you and wasting your bw... > > > > I'm attempting to install from FTP. I get through everything fine, but > > when it comes time for the final step, connecting to my ISP, I can't. > > > > I ALT-F3 from the final screen and type 'term' at the prompt. I don't > > get a result for any AT commands and I've tried everything else. It's > > just a solid blink with no answer. Not a lockup, as I can move freely > > from the final screen and even close the term, but that's it. > > > > I appreciate any help you can lend. > > > > James > > - --- - - -- - -- -- -- - --- -- -- --- - ----- --- -- --- > > Operation EveryShow http://top.monad.net/~fierce/index.html > > -- - --- - - -- - -- -- -- - --- -- -- --- - ----- --- -- --- Operation EveryShow http://top.monad.net/~fierce/index.html